Lily & Leo

Happy 13 months old my little Prince Leo!  Leo weighs 19.51lbs, stretches 29.72 inches long, and head circumference measures at 17.9 inches. We just had his annual visit with his geneticist and she is confident that he would be able to walk one day, without the aid of any medical equipment, so that’s great news!  He will need to have another hearing test since his right ear canal seems to be very narrow.  He needs to check to make sure there’s no seroma in there or else that could block his whole ear canal which would make him not able to hear.  We also need to schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist to make sure his eyes are ok so that it doesn’t contribute to his balance and focus, in case one eye is near sighted and the other is farsighted or something, etc.  Overall, the geneticist says Leo is about the age of a 7 month old in terms of physical development.  She said we won’t know how mentally developed he is until he starts speaking and seeing how he communicates with us.

Leo is so mellow and happy and full of curiosity.  Leo still isn’t taking any solids, so we are still working with the occupational therapist for that, but he is now drinking whole milk and we are trying to introduce the straw to him.  I’m hoping that he will eventually learn to drink from the straw so that he can at least take smoothies to get some food content in him, if it takes a while for him to take solids.  Leo can sit well on his own when he props himself.  He is not crawling, standing or pulling himself up yet, but he is very good at rolling around and having lots of arm movements and kicking of his feet.  Leo is also very ticklish and also loves being tossed in the air and hanging upside down haha.  He is also getting better at reaching for toys, and playing with toys and my hair.  He also seems to sign for milk now, but it could also be a coincidence, but it’s exciting regardless!  He’s also being more social and doesn’t like to be left alone as much now, and likes to be held and interacted with.  I’m glad he’s being social and he is just a great ball of sunshine to have.  Overall though, Leo is growing strong and doing it all with the cutest smile on his face!  Happy 13 months old my sweet little Leo!

Lily has such a cute spunky little personality that I just can’t ever get enough of.  I’m constantly being impressed with lily’s thought process and communication skills.  Lily is getting more proficient with the iPad since I have physical therapy twice a week, so she’s been pretty good at being independent and learning how to navigate on her own.   Lily is very silly and loves to have fun and laugh.  Lily is still always so sweet and loving to Leo, she’s such an amazing big sister!  I’m very proud of her!  Lily really likes to play new board games, draw and work with stencil works.  She really likes to write her name and is starting to write out more words like all our names.  Lily knows it’s my birthday soon so all of her art work at school is “for mommy’s birthday” haha.  She’s so sweet!  She loves arts and crafts, and also playing with her scooter and car outside.  Lily also likes to play with bubbles and fireworks now too.  Lily also loves wearing dresses, wearing flowers in her hair, picking flowers, and eating all kinds of ice cream (also known as yogurt haha).  Yogurt and ice cream is pretty much the same thing to her, so that’s a nice little trick I was able to do and not feel so guilty about doing =P.  Lily also had the pleasure of being in Lennie and Danny’s wedding last month as a pretty little flower girl!!  Lily’s such a bright light in my life, her smile just lifts up my spirit and I can’t help but feel so happy when I’m in her presence.  I’m so proud to call her mine.  I love you to pieces my beautiful lily pad!

Enjoy a couple videos of the kiddoes below!